Laughter, Falling Water and Time
Bicycling. — Broad, hard streets, good pavements in the business center, a continually increasing mileage of bicycle paths, together with the absence of great elevations and steep gradients, make Minneapolis the ideal place for the bicyclist. To these advantages should be added the fact that the city is charming and in the country around are … Read more
Regarded as one of the most beautiful residence streets in the United States. Running along a great part of the edge of a plateau overlooking the Mississippi river, it possesses many natural charms. The avenue is 5.5 miles in length, extending from near the center of the business district west to the Mississippi. For a … Read more
Emory T. Clark Founded Clark’s Super Gas in 1932. His first filling station sat on the corner of 60th St. and Greenfield Avenue in West Allis, Wisconsin, Clark Super Gas exclusively sold premium gas. In 1943, the company got into the oil refining business. By the middle of the 1950s, Clark’s operated almost 500 gas … Read more
TODAY, with gasoline scarce along the Atlantic coast, certain U. S. naval officers remember with regret a mysterious inventor who turned up during the last war and said he was able TO MAKE GASOLINE OUT OF WATER. THE STORY SEEMS LIKE A MYTH. BUT IT IS RECORDED IN THE C. S. NAVAL INSTITUTE PROCEEDINGS AND … Read more
…Continuing on Marshall avenue to the bridge and over the bridge to Lake Street. Just above the bridge is a government dam, originally suggested to improve navigation above Minnehaha. It is being finished by degrees. and possibly it may be utilized in furnishing electricity for power and light to the residents at Fort Snelling. Looking … Read more
The season at Lake Minnetonka, meaning by that when the full electric train service from the Twin Cities, as well as the express boat service is in effect, begins May 15 and ends September 30. Every day is a good day to visit the lake, and there is always something going on to entertain and … Read more
Not until Minneapolis car purchasers have experienced the cozy, comfortable interior of the ALL-YEAR Car of Minneapolis weather, do they realize to what perfection Kissel has brought it. The ALL-YEAR Top being built-in-not-on, Minneapolis owners have no droughts or leaks to contend with. The smooth blending of top and body insures an even temperature. The … Read more
In 1879 James J. Hill bought the bankrupt St. Paul and Pacific Railway Company and renamed it the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad. A couple months later, railroads in Saint Paul banded together to build a union station and Minneapolis leaders asked Hill to build a union station on their side of the river. … Read more